Update: The victim's name is all over Twitter, but has not been officially released by police as of this morning. A Confidential Restonian Operative shared this photo of the Park Police helicopter that took part in yesterday's search.

Update: Police have formally identified the victim as Colvin Morris, 34, of Mt. Vernon. No word on his connection to the apartment where the shooting took place, but "police are confident that this incident was not random and that there continues to be no threat to the safety of the public," an official statement read.

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My initial reaction when I heard this had happened, as when I've heard about other violent crime in the area (armed robberies at Washington Plaza), is to wish that the apartment complex could be razed to the ground, thereby forcing the assorted Section 8-subsidized criminals to move somewhere outside of my neighborhood.

Barring that, how do we get FCPD, DEA, and maybe even FBI to direct their attention to the persistent street crime and possibly organized gang crime present at CC?

Would a lawsuit directed at the property management firm that negligently turns a blind eye to the assorted criminal activity help? Anybody with any legal background know if this could be made into a class action suit from those of us living in the neighborhood whose property is being devalued by this blight?

I should also add that the (presumably numerous) decent normal families living at CC would also be well advised to find some way to exert financial pressure on the county and the property management firm. Maybe that's the only way this blighted heap on the hill will be fixed.

Fedlight, Supervisor Hudgins will not do anything to help here. She has a tradition of ignoring her constituents and "section 8" is her baby, so don't even try to go there (even if the community suffers greatly).

Ask HOAs that have public housing-owned units. Ask them how the Housing Dept manages those properties. The Housing Dept disrespects these communities (and their resident) "because the're Fairfax County" and disrespect the declaration of these places constantly.

I have worked all my life. I had my own business, beautiful house, cars, and money to spare. But due to a spinal injury among other things I lost everything. Those that hate the idea of affordable housing for the less forturnate,beware lest you become the less forturnate,tomorrow is not garanteed.